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    • Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 1:29 PM
    • ☀️ 29 °C
    • Altitude: 16 m
    • SpainSanta Cruz37°22’60” N  5°59’24” W

    Plaza Espagna

    June 20, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Most towns seem to have one, but this is special. Built for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition World's Fair, the shape - I am told - represents the embrace of Spain facing the Guadalquiver river as a path to America.
    The four bridges over the 515m long canal stand for the 4 ancient kingdoms, (Castile, Leon, Aragon and Navarra,)
    2 baroque towers named North and South. People winged cos they were only 23.5m shorter than the Giralda tower which was considered too close.
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    Tony Hammond

    Tony HammondFair enough....

    6/28/18Reply
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